Victim told to 'listen to mamasan': Second officer alleged to be Blue House enforcer

Oct. 19, 2012

Search: Several Guam Police Department officers stand outside the Blue House lounge while other officers execute a search warrant in this 2008 file photo. Allegations of officers being involved in the Blue House brothel case have been brought to the GPD chief's attention. Chief Fred Bordallo, who was placed at the helm of the department about two years ago, reopened the internal investigation looking into allegations that were documented in 2008 but never reached the chief's office. Pacific Daily News

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Brett Kelman
Pacific Daily News

Guam Police Officer David Manila last year admitted in federal court that he spoke to a Blue House employee on behalf of lounge owner Song Ja Cha, and "advised" the employee she could not leave unless she paid off her debt to Cha.

The Tamuning karaoke lounge was actually a brothel where Cha, who was sentenced to life in prison, forced immigrant women into prostitution.

But Manila was not the only police officer who spoke to employees on behalf of the lounge owner, according to internal law enforcement documents obtained by the Pacific Daily News. ...